Senior Consultant Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Senior Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £660, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 18 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 5.34% - 4.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.10% - 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 5
10th Percentile - - £555
25th Percentile £613 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 - £575
75th Percentile £671 - £627
90th Percentile £677 - £638
North West median daily rate £625 £596 £600
% change year-on-year +4.87% -0.67% +17.07%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 295 183 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.54% 93.37% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 92 71
10th Percentile £347 £155 £205
25th Percentile £472 £405 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £688 £577 £630
90th Percentile £950 £649 £740
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 23 55
10th Percentile £20.91 £18.87 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.90 £26.88 £18.59
Median hourly rate £45.56 £40.59 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% +0.66% -9.26%
75th Percentile £71.45 £70.16 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £75.79 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +68.72% -22.86% +14.60%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in Lancashire over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Consultant in Lancashire

Senior Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 15 £663 - 12
Blackpool - 1 £400 -
Senior Consultant
North West

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, Senior Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) SAP
2 16 (88.89%) SuccessFactors
3 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
4 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
5 10 (55.56%) Mentoring
5 10 (55.56%) Presales
6 8 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (38.89%) Qualtrics
7 7 (38.89%) Roadmaps
7 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Business Development
8 3 (16.67%) Coaching
8 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
9 2 (11.11%) ITIL
9 2 (11.11%) SAP HR
9 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (5.56%) Agile
10 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
10 1 (5.56%) AWS
10 1 (5.56%) Azure
10 1 (5.56%) Confluence
10 1 (5.56%) CRM
10 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
10 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
10 1 (5.56%) GxP
10 1 (5.56%) JIRA
10 1 (5.56%) Migration
10 1 (5.56%) Performance Management
10 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
10 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP HR
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Learning Management System
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.56%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Mentoring
1 10 (55.56%) Presales
2 7 (38.89%) Roadmaps
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Business Development
3 3 (16.67%) Coaching
3 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (5.56%) Agile
5 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) CRM
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.56%) SDLC
5 1 (5.56%) Service Management
5 1 (5.56%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GxP
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) SAP
2 7 (38.89%) Qualtrics
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow